Inspirational and good news.
Some of the toughest anti-smoking legislation in North America is being implemented tonight in Ontario and Quebec. Essentially the two Canadian provinces will be “smoke-free.”
The legislations bans smoking in restaurants, bars, casinos, and all other indoor public places. Personally, I can’t wait until smoking is banned in all public places because I don’t like being forced into consuming other people’s vices.
India is helping Nepal to foster democracy in light of the recent political turmoil. The King of Nepal tried to institute anti-democratic, fascist, policies in the start of this year. The elected officals of Nepal didn’t like this and united in their opposition to the king. As a result the king acquiesced to the opposition and democracy has come out stronger than ever before.
India is looking to lend some knowledge to Nepal.
Brazil is using the internet to ensure that policies are carried through. This includes monitoring the environment using the internet with the Agenda 21 System.
“The agenda also represents a new global development standard for the 21st century, placing priority on sustainable economic models that don’t harm the environment.”
There is new hope for people who have HER2 type of breast cancer – a type of breast cancer that is infamous for its relapse rate. HER2 also affects 20-30% of breast cancer cases. A new drug, Herception, has reduced relapse by 50%!
“The results of these clinical trials provided consistent evidence that treatment with Herceptin following standard chemotherapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence by about 50%. Herceptin has clearly demonstrated that it provides the best chance of long-term survival when used as early as possible in the course of the disease.”
Worldwide human rights group, Amnesty International has begun a project called irrepressable.info to monitor and circumvent internet censorship.
The website gives visitors the opportunity to place a small box on their own sites which contains a snippet of censored information.